Ur III texts in the Schyen collection / by Jacob L. Dahl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dahl, Jacob L., author.

Series:

Manuscripts in the Schoyen Collection. Cuneiform texts ; XIII

Cornell University studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS) ; volume 39

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sumerian language--Texts.

Sumerian language.

Cuneiform inscriptions, Sumerian--Iraq.

Cuneiform inscriptions, Sumerian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource.)

Place of Publication:

University Park, PA : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

English with cuneiform texts in transliterated Sumerian with English translation.

Summary:

Judging from the sheer amount of textual material left to us, the rulers of ancient Ur were above all else concerned with keeping track of their poorest subjects, who made up the majority of the population under their jurisdiction. Year after year, administrators recorded, in frightening detail, the whereabouts of the poorest individuals in monthly and yearly rosters, assigning tiny parcels of land to countless prebend holders and starvation rations to even more numerous estate slaves. The texts published in this volume—dating from the time of the Third Dynasty of Ur (ca. 2100–2000 BC)—attest to the immense investment of the ancient rulers in managing their subjects. This volume presents editions of two hundred and twenty-four cuneiform tablets selected from the Schøyen Collection, the vast majority of which have not been previously published. The ancient provenience for these texts is primarily Umma, with other core provinces represented in smaller numbers, such as notable contributions from ancient Adab, which is underrepresented in the published record. In order to provide a fuller picture of the administration of the Ur III state, a number of texts from other collections, both published and unpublished, have been integrated into this volume. Accompanied by Jacob L. Dahl’s precise translations, extensive commentary, and exhaustive indexes, this volume presents extensive new data on prosopography, economy, accounting procedures, letters, contracts, technical terminology, and agriculture that adds significantly to our knowledge of society and the economy during the Third Dynasty of Ur.An important contribution to the study of the Ur III period, in particular for Assyriology, this volume will serve as a useful handbook for scholars and students alike.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Statement of Provenance

Series Editor’s Preface

Preface

Conventions

Abbreviations

Catalog

Concordances

1. Introduction

2. Archival Documents

3. Timekeeping

4. Accounts

5. Equivalencies

6. Accountability

7. Receipts: The Primary Documents

8. Administration of Work

9. Letters

10. Messenger Texts.

11. Legal Texts

12. Miscellaneous Texts

Appendix. Transliterations of Long Texts from Chapter 8: Worker Inventories

References

Indexes

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781646020751

1646020758

9781575067384

1575067382

OCLC:

1227382096